Crab season lasts less than four weeks. Vessels patrol the Bering Sea, hoping to snag any of the prized species of crab: red king crab, blue king crab and golden king crab. The fishermen don't ...
In the last decade, there was just one commercial red king crab fishery in Southeast Alaska. But a proposal going before the Alaska Board of Fisheries could potentially change the tide for future ...
However, the red king crab fishery collapsed in the 1980s. Since 1983, most populations have been depressed statewide and the Gulf of Alaska fishery remains closed.
For two years in a row, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game canceled the snow crab season in the Bering Sea ... Other Alaskan species, like Pacific cod, king salmon and pollock have also ...